Do children spend too much time in schools? Evidence from a longer school year in Indonesia

Rasyad Parinduri

Economics of Education Review, 2014, vol. 41, issue C, 89-104

Abstract: I examine the effects of a longer school year in Indonesia on grade repetition, educational attainment, employability, and earnings. I exploit an arbitrary rule that assigned students to a longer school year in Indonesia in 1978–1979, which fits a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year decreases the probability of grade repetition and increases educational attainment; it also increases the probability of working in formal sectors and wages later in life. These results suggest the length of school years in Indonesia is not too long.

Keywords: School term length; Educational attainment; Returns to schooling; Regression discontinuity design; Asia; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: The Effects of School Term Length on Education and Earnings: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design (2013)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.05.001

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